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whom two shall be members of this Board, and two shall be selected outside 

 of the Board, — the Chancellor of the University being a member ex officio. 



This report was accepted and the resolutions unanimously 

 adopted. The record of such action was then submitted to 

 Mr. Shaw and approved by him.- Subsequently, by deed 

 of gift, improved real estate was conveyed by the donor to 

 the University, yielding $5,400 per annum, the rental of 

 which from July 1, 1885, has been paid over to the Uni- 

 versity Treasurer, to be kept, as the whole revenue will 

 always be, separate and apart from all other uses, for the 

 support of the Professorship, and incidental expenses. 



Prof. Trelease accepted his nomination, as Engelmann 

 Professor of Botany, and has been actively engaged in his 

 duties since 17th September last. 



The special Advisory Committee for the School of 

 Botany has been appointed as follows : — 



Mr. Henry Shaw, Dr. Asa Gray, 



Hon. John H. Lightner, Dr. Geo. J. Engelmann. 



The two first named are members of the Board of Direct- 

 ors of the University. 



It would perhaps be well for me to stop here and give 

 place to Prof. Trelease; but the name of Engelmann 

 awakens in my mind a reminiscence, connecting the present 

 movement, at least by association, with the infant days of 

 science in St. Louis. 



More than forty years ago, five or six young men, of 

 whom I was one, met together, on Main Street, near Chest- 

 nut, in the office of the Honorable Judge, Mary P. Leduc. 

 The object was to found an Academy of Science, but not 

 one of our number really knew enough of science to found 

 a primary school, except Dr. George Engelmann, who was 

 an enthusiastic student, especially in botanical research, 

 and who inspired us all with something of his zeal. We 

 organized a society and proceeded to purchase five or six 

 acres of ground, far out of the city, I think near Eighth 

 Street and Chouteau Avenue. There Dr. Engelmann be- 

 gan a botanical garden and arboretum on a small scale. It 



